Former Central Bank Governor Euric Bobb appointed new CLICO chairman
BREAKING NEWS
By Curtis Rampersad
The Central Bank has appointed a new Board of Directors of insurance company CLICO. Former Central Bank Governor Euric Bobb is the new chairman of the CL Financial subsidiary which Government took control of last Friday.
Other Board members include CL Financial executives Claude Musaib-Ali and Caroline John. Unit Trust executive director Marlon Holder and development consultant Anthony Watkins are the other members.
Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams said this morning that the Bank interviewed the appointees on Saturday.
Government did not participate in the interviews but was asked to approve the appointments along with CL Financial as part of the Memorandum of Understanding signed to enable the State to provide funding for, and take control of CL Financial subsidiaries CLICO, CLICO Investment Bank, British American Insurance and brokerage house CMMB. Williams said on TV6's Morning Edition that the Central Bank selected the Board, then sent a letter with the names of appointees to Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira. "We got a note from the government saying 'go ahead'," Williams said.
In return for the provision of funds from Government to depositors and policyholders, CL Financial agreed in the MOU to divest some of its assets including its 55 per cent stake in Republic Bank, the country's largest commercial bank.
CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey was said to have been meeting with the Central Bank this morning.
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